Floods, Droughts, and Water Security: How Is Water Data Critical to Climate Resilience?

by Komoneed | May 9, 2024

Floods, Droughts, and Water Security: How Is Water Data Critical to Climate Resilience?
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Tue, 05/07/2024 – 13:28

This webinar will explore the ways USAID and NASA are working with partners to use water data for improved climate resilience. NASA Science Coordination Office Water Security Lead Chinmay Deval will moderate a panel discussion with water experts from across the SERVIR global network. 
Meet the Host
Pete Epanchin is a Senior Climate Adaptation and Resilience Advisor with USAID’s Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security.
He provides strategic and technical input on climate adaptation programming, and he provides support on strengthening adaptive capacities to address climate change, hydro-climatic disasters, food security, and ecosystem and carbon management. Previously, Pete worked on climate change at the Environmental Protection Agency and has been a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Pete received his PhD in Ecology from the University of California, Davis.

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This webinar will explore the ways USAID and NASA are working with partners to use water data for improved climate resilience.

Event Date
Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 1:00
– 2:15 pm UTC

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Event Format

Virtual

Event Type
Webinar/Presentation

Topic

Climate
Resilience
Water and Sanitation
Weather

Strategic Objective

Adaptation
Integration

Sectors

Climate
Water and Sanitation

Region

Global

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Floods, Droughts, and Water Security: How Is Water Data Critical to Climate Resilience?

This webinar will explore the ways USAID and NASA are working with partners to use water data for improved climate resilience. NASA Science Coordination Office Water Security Lead Chinmay Deval will moderate a panel discussion with water experts from across the SERVIR global network. 
Meet the Host
Pete Epanchin is a Senior Climate Adaptation and Resilience Advisor with USAID’s Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security.
He provides strategic and technical input on climate adaptation programming, and he provides support on strengthening adaptive capacities to address climate change, hydro-climatic disasters, food security, and ecosystem and carbon management. Previously, Pete worked on climate change at the Environmental Protection Agency and has been a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Pete received his PhD in Ecology from the University of California, Davis.

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